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California Legislature Further Helping Subcontractors

Construction Law Monitor

I recently found a good article on JDSupra.com , always a great source for solid legal content, regarding California Senate Bill 474. It seems from the face of California Senate Bill 474 and many others like it across the country, that we are on a path toward heavy government regulation of our business relations.

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The Real Lemon in the Bunch: Understanding Pay-If-Paid Clauses

Best Practices Construction Law

For example, in the Universal Concrete Products case, the 4th Circuit reasoned that Virginia courts favor the freedom to contract and that parties are freely able to negotiate and draft these types of provisions. It is worth the effort to seek legal advice on these issues prior to drafting and executing contracts with other parties.

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How to Protect Your Business When Employees Get Poached

Pro Builder

Here’s an example: A California sales executive who jumped ship for a competing employer took along a folder of customer lists and marketing plans. Businesses looking to negotiate this rocky terrain have a valuable tool at their command: restrictive covenants. Making the Move to a Competing Employer: Trade Secrets Revealed.

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LOCATION FOCUS: California Dreamin’ – A Rebound Fueled By New Energy

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

The key to that positive change resides in the same place in California it did in North Dakota—buried more than a mile underground in the middle of a huge shale deposit. Thus far, California hasn’t dived head-first into an embrace of fracking. Source: Energy Information Administration based on data from various studies.

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Leading the Home Building Industry: Pro Builder's 2021 Forty Under 40

Pro Builder

Kaylee Smith , 29, VP Sales and Marketing, Southern California, Landsea Homes, Irvine, Calif. Education • BA, Business Administration, University of California, Riverside. VP Sales and Marketing, Southern California. Education • BA, Business Administration, California State University San Marcos. Itasca, Ill.

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Cover Story: New Energy Powers Growth

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

With 32 ports statewide, Louisiana offers six deep-draft ports capable of transferring large quantities of cargo, is one of only two U.S. While nowhere near the capacity of California—the nation’s leader in installed capacity for geothermal resources at 2,732.2 Already the nation’s No. 2 crude oil producer and No.

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State by State Incentives Guide

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

CALIFORNIA – updated for 2014. The California Capital Access Program (CalCAP): Encourages participating banks and lending institutions to provide loans to small businesses that fall outside of conventional underwriting standards. Any unused credit may be carried forward for a period of nine years.

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